BLACK DOG's Overthrow EP was one of my favorite releases of 2023, and the d-beat sonic onslaught continues with Sewn Into Confusion. No band right now currently is pushing this style of hardcore to this extreme. With Overthrow, a boisterous tape hiss completely drenched everything except the drums in a way that I don't think I had ever heard before. This recording is markedly different; that wall of white noise is gone, the riffs are more up front, and the violence of the actual bass and guitar distortion is kicked up another notch. It's a bit more of normal presentation but still really abrasive, and I like that the vocals still sound like they are being howled out of a dark, desolate cavern. I don't think any band uses negative space as punctuation as well as this Nova Scotia three-piece - they pick their spots for these short, hard mid-track breaks, the tracks end abruptly and completely, and then they again hit you with an avalanche of bricks. Without a doubt, one of the current bands I most want to see live.
FFO: Disclose, Physique, Gloom
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